The Engineering Facility, National University of Ireland designed by RMJM is located in Galway, Ireland. In an unusual twist, sections of the building’s foundations and structural engineering have been unveiled so that tutors may use them as reference points during lessons. Similarly a range of green treatments are on show for educational gain, such as large-scale rainwater harvesting systems, a...
Located in Helsinki, Finland , GCPro™ for Hämeenlinna Provincial Archive was designed by Graphic Concrete Ltd. The building contains three functional units. Above the transparent and colorful ground floor is a three floor-high solid archive box, which is covered with graphic concrete elements on both the exterior and the interior. According to the architects Heikkinen-Komonen, the archive ‘is...
Designed by Wembley Innovation Limited, WI Product System is located in Wembley, United Kingdom. The means of achieving good conditions are understood, but the construction of extensive internal blockwork walls with large openings for air conditioning ducting and other services is complex. The use of WI beams and columns by Pyramid Builders to subdivide the large spans and to withstand the internal...
Designed by Perkins+Will, AOC Long Beach Courts Building is located in Long Beach, United States. Dictated by context and solar orientation, it opens itself to the City and simultaneously embraces those arriving. The Court Building rises from an office podium of fluted concrete panels, while eight courtrooms per floor are organised in a ‘V’ configuration and expressed in shiplapped precast concrete....
Located in Shanghai, China, Beiganshan International Art Center was designed by Allied Architects International. The International Art Center provides work / live space for Shanghai’s ‘affluent and artistic’ because all units can function as comfortable homes or studios according to the desires of the inhabitants. When bought, the units do not have partitions meaning that they are sold...